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[Lyehopper]

Another great way to enjoy Chicken!

I have fond memories of going to my father-in-laws house (he has been dead for several years now) and smelling his favorite dish cooking. We'd then eat a big steaming hot plate full of "Chicken Adobo" over rice with a cold Budweiser, MAN! it was GOOD!!!!.... I never ate the dish growing up but my wife was "raised" on it and of course she introduced it to me....

She cooked it tonight for supper and I must say it was fantastic! Below is a recipe I copied off the Internet that is pretty much exactly the way "Sonny" used to make it and Mrs. Lyehopper made it tonight....


Recipe for "chicken-adobo"

NAME

CHICKEN-ADOBO - Filipino chicken with garlic Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines. Most warm-weather countries have through the centuries developed recipes that preserve food while flavoring it. This dish is different than many because of its strong component of vinegar. It is at once sour, salty, and drenched in garlic.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

1 kg chicken pieces, cut up or whole 1 head of garlic, coarsely chopped (yes, an entire head!) 50 ml soy sauce (or more to taste) 5 ml ground black pepper 500 ml water 250 ml vinegar (rice vinegar or white wine vinegar work best) 2 bay leaves 25 ml cooking oil

PROCEDURE

(1) Put vinegar, bay leaves, pepper, soy sauce, and water in a saucepan. Cover and cook slowly about 15 minutes.

(2) Meanwhile, heat the cooking oil in a large, heavy-bottomed frying pan. Peel the garlic, break the cloves into chunks, and brown them over medium-low heat (about 5 minutes).

(3) Add the chicken to the frypan and brown it over medium-high heat (about 5 minutes).

(4) Add the broth to the frypan and simmer, partly covered, until the chicken is done (about 30 minutes). Do not let it come to a boil.

(5) Remove the bay leaves and serve over rice. This dish is too strongly flavored to go well with wine; try serving it with beer.

NOTES

You can substitute pork for the chicken, or mix the two. In the Philippines it is the custom to marinate the meat for two days rather before simmering; with the top-grade meats that are universally available in our grocery stores, that is not necessary (though it does deepen and enrich the flavor). To marinate the chicken, mix in the broth and 3 of the garlic cloves after step 1, then put the chicken in a glass dish and pour the marinade over it.

[spikefader]

I have fond memories of going to my father-in-laws house (he has been dead for several years now) and smelling his favorite dish cooking. We'd then eat a big steaming hot plate full of "Chicken Adobo" over rice with a cold Budweiser, MAN! it was GOOD!!!!.... I never ate the dish growing up but my wife was "raised" on it and of course she introduced it to me....

She cooked it tonight for supper and I must say it was fantastic! Below is a recipe I copied off the Internet that is pretty much exactly the way "Sonny" used to make it and Mrs. Lyehopper made it tonight....


Recipe for "chicken-adobo"

NAME

CHICKEN-ADOBO - Filipino chicken with garlic Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines. Most warm-weather countries have through the centuries developed recipes that preserve food while flavoring it. This dish is different than many because of its strong component of vinegar. It is at once sour, salty, and drenched in garlic.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

1 kg chicken pieces, cut up or whole 1 head of garlic, coarsely chopped (yes, an entire head!) 50 ml soy sauce (or more to taste) 5 ml ground black pepper 500 ml water 250 ml vinegar (rice vinegar or white wine vinegar work best) 2 bay leaves 25 ml cooking oil

PROCEDURE

(1) Put vinegar, bay leaves, pepper, soy sauce, and water in a saucepan. Cover and cook slowly about 15 minutes.

(2) Meanwhile, heat the cooking oil in a large, heavy-bottomed frying pan. Peel the garlic, break the cloves into chunks, and brown them over medium-low heat (about 5 minutes).

(3) Add the chicken to the frypan and brown it over medium-high heat (about 5 minutes).

(4) Add the broth to the frypan and simmer, partly covered, until the chicken is done (about 30 minutes). Do not let it come to a boil.

(5) Remove the bay leaves and serve over rice. This dish is too strongly flavored to go well with wine; try serving it with beer.

NOTES

You can substitute pork for the chicken, or mix the two. In the Philippines it is the custom to marinate the meat for two days rather before simmering; with the top-grade meats that are universally available in our grocery stores, that is not necessary (though it does deepen and enrich the flavor). To marinate the chicken, mix in the broth and 3 of the garlic cloves after step 1, then put the chicken in a glass dish and pour the marinade over it.

Dude! That sounds delicious! I've gotta try cooking this!

[diogenes]

Dude! That sounds delicious! I've gotta try cooking this!

Actually, that does not sound bad at all.

So, ditto Spike.

[IIC]

Test your reflexes...I tried it about 30 times...most times I got about .30 a few under .20... However I did have 2 winners a .094 and an AMAZING .015:

http://www.reflexgame.com/

[Rob]

Odds of Dying

Did you know that the odds of your dying as a result of being struck by lightning are 1 in 56,439? How do I know this? Because I got it from the National Safety Council's Odds of Dying chart.

[IIC]

Did you know that the odds of your dying as a result of being struck by lightning are 1 in 56,439? How do I know this? Because I got it from the National Safety Council's Odds of Dying chart.

I think it best if we spend most of our waking hours in a streetcar with a bunch of snakes...Doug(IIC)

[skiracer]

I think it best if we spend most of our waking hours in a streetcar with a bunch of snakes...Doug(IIC)

I've been in a number of life threatening situations but the one thing that scares the hell out of me is snakes. I just can't deal with them. Even the non-poisonous ones.

[mimo_100]

mimo,
Do you work for the HOF ? My son swam at the pool that is very close to the football dome but I can't remember the name of the place.
---------billyjoe

billyjoe,

No, I dont work for the HOF. The pool you are referring to is part of the Canton City Schools complex -- which includes the Branin Natatorium, Fawcett Stadium ( seats over 20,000 -- the HOF game is played there -- also home field for Canton McKinley High School, Canton Timken High School, GlenOak High School, Malone College, and Walsh University), and the Fieldhouse. I am trying to get some 2006 limited edition stuff for this board. I will keep you appraised.

[billyjoe]

Mimo,
Thanks, it was the Branin Natatorium. Must be one of the best in the country. I like that glass wall although it's hard talking to someone on the other side of it. Several of the posted pool record times belong to U.S. Olympic team members. My son didn't win anything there but he has the local high school record for the 100 breaststroke and the school has had a team for nearly 40 years.
For those of you not familiar with the area , Canton/Massillon Ohio was an early hotbed for professional football and regularly draws 20,000 or more for top high school football games. I remember at one time in the 1960's 5 Cleveland Browns had sons playing on the Massillon high school team.
------------billyjoe

[Lyehopper]

Did you know that the odds of your dying as a result of being struck by lightning are 1 in 56,439? How do I know this? Because I got it from the National Safety Council's Odds of Dying chart.

And the odds of dying from legal execution is 1 in 55,597.... Very similar odds there..... hmmmmmm.

[IIC]

Fun Pranks

Fun Pranks To Fool Your Friends;

Cereal Box Switch
Remove the plastic bags from cereal boxes and switch them around. Your victim will scratch his head wondering why Cheerios came out of a box of Lucky Charms.

Mail Box Prank
After the mail has already been delivered, fill the mail box with ping pong balls or packing nuts. Then ask someone else to go get the mail.

Lottery Ticket Swap
This one takes some pre-planning. All you have to do is buy someone a lotto ticket today and tomorrow go out early and buy another ticket with the exact same numbers as the winning ticket from yesterday. When the victim of your prank isn't paying attention swap the newer ticket with the old one. When the person looks in the paper for the winning numbers, he or she won't even realize the date is wrong on the ticket and will believe it is the big winner.

Bend Over Splits
Place a dollar bill on the floor and as people walk by and try to pick the dollar up, you stand nearby and tear a small piece of cloth. It will sound as if the victim of the prank actually split their pants and most of the time they will check their rear and leave in embarrasement.

Push or Pull
Print out some signs that read, "Push" and "Pull" and tape them to doors at your local stores. Make sure to place them on the wrong side. Then sit back and watch as people push when they are instructed to pull and vise versa

Shoe Polish Phone Prank
Coat the reciever of someone's phone with shoe polish and then give them a call. Instant gratification. Make sure you match the colors of the polish and the phone. Small amounts of shaving cream work too.

Upside Down Cup
Fill a cup with water about half way. Then place an index card over the cup. Then turn the cup upside down on your co-worker's desk. Finally, carefully slide the index card out from underneath the cup. Whenever your co-worker decides to pick the cup up, he will be drenched in water.

Bar Of Soap Lather Prank
Take some nail polish and coat a bar of soap with it. Let it dry. Then put it in the bathroom shower. When your victim tries to use it, he or she will go nuts trying to get it to lather up.

Ypto Ypto...errr!!! TYPO!
Be carefull with this one, as to not ruin the keyboard. All you have to do is simply and very carefully remove a few keys and switch them around. If your victim is one of those "look up and down" typers. He or she will be very confused while trying to get work done.

Confusing Drawers
Before your co-worker arrives at the office remove his desk drawers and switch them around. He will definantly scratch his head over this one. Hint: In case you cannot remove the drawers, just remove the items and swap

[peanuts]

Fun Pranks To Fool Your Friends;

Here's one that I would play on my family every time I visited. Take some clear tape and secure the trigger on the kitchen sink spray hose to the 'on' position and carefully place it back into the hole in the kitchen sink. Aim the nozzle towards the area where the person stands. As soon as they turn on the faucet, they get sprayed with the hose. It's so funny because people usually jump back first, instead of turning off the water. Tricking your mom is better than tricking your dad

[peanuts]

Fun Pranks To Fool Your Friends;

The pay-back prank: (for your enemies only)

Sprinkle dry powdered milk in someone's bed sheets. As they sweat during the night, the milk will liquify and get into the person pores and onto anything they wear. After a day or so, even after showering, they will begin to smell like rotten milk... and until they figure out that its coming from their bedsheets, they will continue to stink.

[mrmarket]

mimo,
Do you work for the HOF ? My son swam at the pool that is very close to the football dome but I can't remember the name of the place.
---------billyjoe

Believe it or not, I am in the College Football Hall of Fame.

[Rob]

. . . and most of the time they will check their rear and leave in embarrasement.

... then, by the time you quit laughing, they realize that their pants are fine, and you realize that they walked off with that dollar bill that used to belong to you! I don't like that one. I much prefer the upside-down cup trick.

Hey, Peanuts, those are some good ones! The one about the spray nozzle is similar to the one I used to play on my family when I was a kid. We had one of those bathtub/shower combinations with a valve to divert the water from the bathtub spout or the shower head and vice versa. Whenever no one was looking, I would turn the diverter so that the flow would be sent to the shower head the next time the water was turned on. Inevitably, whoever was next would lean over the tub to turn the water on and get their head wet. lol